The Ankle Express - Life & Times of Wm. Victor Gray

The Ankle Express - Life & Times of Wm. Victor GrayThe Ankle Express is true American History! Called such because my father William Victor Gray born October 29, 1921 traveled via his two feet, which he and his buddies called The Ankle Express. When they ran it was `the ankle express' to be sure! Of course he rode on horse drawn buckboards or by means of one of his two horses named Bud and later Prince. Within these 385 pages actual humorous lifetime historical stories unfurl such as: The coons under

The Ankle Express is true American History! Called such because my father William Victor Gray born October 29, 1921 traveled via his two feet, which he and his buddies called The Ankle Express. When they ran it was `the ankle express' to be sure! Of course he rode on horse-drawn buckboards or by means of one of his two horses named Bud and later Prince.

Within these 385 pages actual humorous lifetime historical stories unfurl such as:

The coons under the moon.
Hogs and the humor that dear grandfather issued on that very special day.
All about out-house hilarity.
Preserving of foods.
Skinny dipping at Forks Creek.
A day in a farmers life.
The Depression.

The Navy years - 37 months in the Navy Armed Guard - aboard Merchant Marine ships.
Impending mutiny aboard the Algonquin,
Trinidad,
Guantanamo Bay,
Hull England -the Blitz,
Loch Ewe Bay - Scotland,
Papua New Guinea,
V-day,
Medal's won....and so much more.....